Two days ago i tried to update my SGS5 (SM-G900F) with Kies to Android 5.0.
The phone has newver been rooted.
That is supposed to pretty straight forward, but after the update i havnt been able to use it.
After each boot it gets me to the logon screen, where i just have enough time to press my code but then it restarts over and over.
So i thougt something might went wrong in the process and used Odin 3.09 to flash the NEE (Nordic/Danish) version from Sammobile manually.
Unfortunately this didnt change a thing and the bootloop is still there.
From the short time where i gain access to my lock screen i see my old lock screen background, but the Font and setup has changed, so i guess it runs Android 5.0 now.
I would appreciate any help to this matter, since i'm growing at bit desperate on this now.
II would prefer not to root it, but if thats the solution then its fine by me.
I should be able to use ADB with the right guide, but havnt used it since the HTC Magic
Well found a solution.
Installed the Team Win Recovery Project and then did a full wipe (VolUp+home+Power under reboot).
So lost everything on the phone, but it works
I was lucky that i did a backup last weekend of images/videos last weekend. Phew....
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I'm usually fairly good at troubleshooting my own stuff but this really has me stuck in the same place for a few hours now.
So basically Flipboard has been nagging me(well play store is, not the app itself but anyway) so I said to myself why don't I uninstall it since I've never used it and don't plan to, and besides I hate to have pointless apps installed. So I open TitaniumBackup and I see it is installed as a system app, I thought what's the worst that can happen? so I do uninstall it and a minute later my phone shuts off. I try to turn it on and it doesn't go past the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 flash screen, it either reboots or stays like that.
I try to go into recovery to restore a backup and I can't, it is stuck at Recovery Booting and again it either stays like that or reboots and does it again and again and again.
Now, I haven't made any changes or installs on my phone for weeks now, so this is either because I unistalled Flipboard(I know I shouldn't have risked it since it was a system app but I really could not see it going this way) or the hardware is on it's way out(don't see what else could it be).
I figured I should flash a stock rom with odin, I can get into download mode, and reinstall everything from scratch.
I took a stock image from xda and flashed it and it does exactly the same thing.
Right now I'm downloading another stock image from sammobile for my country/provider to see if this will change anything.
What else can I try? I'm completely stuck and I really don't want to send the phone back like this, I doubt amazon is gonna be happy about it.
Specs:
N910F
Emotion Revolution 12.1 Rom
POK1 BL&CP
TWRP 2.8.7.0
Really sorry for the double-post. I'm quite desperate and need my phone for work.
Since last post I've tried flashing N910FXXU1COH4_N910FH3G1COH3_H3G.zip through Odin from SamMobile and it did the same thing with rebooting constantly.
Then I've installed Kies and went to Tools -> Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation and gave it the model and S/N and it downloaded something and everything went all right, the phone reboots and I'm back in the same circle, it just shows me the splash screen(in some video's I've seen that after this procedure they get the splash screen and then the android bot with a progress bar, I don't get that, I only get the splash screen and reboot) and reboots.
I thought this was a last resort thing? Is the phone completely dead or is there something I can try?
Again sorry for the double-post.
Update: still no progress so I've contacted Amazon and they said to send it back so hopefully this works out in the end, no matter how annoying the waiting time will be, if you do have any suggestions on what I should try please let me know as I haven't posted the phone yet.
First post, So hey everyone
So I rooted my phone around 6 months ago with CF Auto Root, everything went fine but i was still on stock ROM. So then i found the Alliance ROM and decided to flash that because it looked cool. I flashed it using FlashFire to ensure I keep root. Everything worked and booted just fine, really smooth and of course it looked awesome. One small problem though, I could not send messages but I could receive them. Probably a SMSC (that was around 3 hours of head ache attempting to fix that) issue or because Straight Talk didn't like my phone using Android 5.0. So then I tried downgrading to Alliance 4.4.2, NOPE. That was the end of my phone :'(
Im now stuck on the Galaxy S5 screen with "Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" in the top right. No idea how to fix it and obviously knox was tripped but that isnt a huge deal to me.
I have tried the following.
1. Tried to reroot (seemed to fix a lot of issues actually)
2. Tried to reflash Alliance ROM android 5.0
3. Multiple cache and system wipes.
4. Installed TWRP through Odin but thats useless because I was dumb and deleted my back up in the system wipe
Im currently downloading stock ROM but my hope for that is fading judging that TWRP even stalls out and the phone reboots right when it attempts to flash. - well this was a bust, there are 4 freaking md5 files. when i go to flash with odin it says it a modem and then fails
What i have access to:
1. Recovery
2. Download
Is my phone already 6ft under or is it hanging on for dear life?
Edit: Should also mention that my galaxy is a SM-G902L (Straight Talks' model???). CF Auto Root for Galaxy SM-900F was used to root. So that is what i based my choice for model when installing Alliance
Ok so recent update, When I go into reboot and do system or whatever, it says there's no OS installed. I guess that would make sense why it doesn't want to boot, because there's nothing to boot into... but why cant i install any OS through odin???
Another Update: So I have no OS, I know how to flash a new OS, such as a custom ROM, but my phone refuses to accept the flash whether through odin or through TWRP.... W.T.F. Did i really look my phone down? And I guess that means that I will need to get the Straight Talk variant of Android 4.4.2 Great If anyone has the a backup and they are on straight talk, please help me out
Thanks for the help!
FIXED!!!
So after around 14-16 total hours of headaches, I have managed to bring my phone out of the grave. I read over the Straight Talk Variant Galaxy S5 thread multiple times and saw people saying that most Verizon ROMs work decently if not perfectly fine with the SM-G902L. So I downloaded M.O.A.R ROM and flashed through TWRP.
Worked like a freaking charm!! She booted right up, into the waterspout boot animation, and after a very long 5 minutes, I got to the welcome and setup screens!! I guess it was just a matter of finding the right ROM. I just find it kind of weird that it would flash Alliance just fine and then not allow it the second time...
Anyway, the very helpful thread that saved my phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help/galaxy-s5-straight-talk-variant-sm-s902l-t3162340
Hi everyone
Ill try my best to explain my problem
To be simple, i started with a 4.4.2 version on my phone. I was tired using a phone no longer up to date so i decided to root it.
Sunday night I decidec to install the **crDroid**v2.0 CFW
I install TWRP following the tutos and i installed crDroid and gapps just after.
After the reboot, the phone doesnt boot at all. Only the logo appears for a very brief moment and vanish and the screen stay black but ON.
I do not panick and use LGMobile Support Tool to get my phone working again and it also helped me to find out that Lollipop version exists
This update wasnt available using update tool on the phone directly
So i restarted from a 5.0.2 version.
Tried to root it so many times, with so many differents methodes but nothings working
So i reflashed a kdz file with lash tool in order to downgrade to KitKat 4.4.2.
I root the G2 again (easy) and i try to install Lineage this time
Just like the beginning, the phone doesnt boot anymore
Is there any necessary step i am missing in order to make it work or my phone does have a real problem ?
Because im kinda annoyed i checked like 4 differents websites including this one, and the result remains the same
Thanks to everyone able to help me, even a bit
Sorry for the bad english, this is not my primary language
Good evening
Hi ,
to make a long story short, my phone is stuck at the TWRP screen, since today I installed the new Motorola update to Nougat. After researching the problem some threads suggested to delete the Motorola update file, but I cannot find this file or what its name is?
Any help appreciated and willing to tip to help me restore phone urgently as need it to go out.
Longer story:
My friend helped me root the phone in the first place because after about every 2 months of usage it would come to a crawl it was so slow. And he did warn me not to install updates, but I mistakenly thought that meant major updates not releases. So yesterday the first time I installed the update, the phone got stuck at TWRP. I couldnt find any way to revive the phone, so I went through the process of using Recovery bootloader to factory reset. Reinstalled all my apps, configured everything, which takes hours as i'm very particular about my setup. And then ran root checker which said "your phone is NOT rooted". So my friend had suggested once its backup and running to install the update as it would be ok. Well I did and it is isnt. It's stuck back at TWRP again.
Hi Everyone,
I have been on a rooted Android 10 build for the past 2 years, but found the battery was starting to drain quickly, so decided to upgrade to the latest version 11.
I have rooted phones many times, however im a bit stummped.
Initially when i rooted by flashing with Odin, my patched AP file, it would boot loop the start screen, however today i have got further and it boots to "android starting", but after 3 hours it hasnt moved from that point. I cant imagine this is normal\expected? I have tried to reflash a few times and wiped\factory reset before hand, using the main CSC instead of home_csc, but still the same result.
Any ideas? Am i missing something?
Cheers!
If anyone wants to reply with a potential fix for others, then please do, however for now i have managed to obtain root using a method someone else did on XDA.
Basically, i managed to install and run TWRP, then flashed a kernel in that. Now have an up to date phone with root.
Thanks for anyone who looks at this however.